The success of individual projects was documented using photo monitoring techniques to collect pre- and post-construction conditions for all erosion control projects. In order to expand its ability to measure sediment load reductions quantitatively, the RCD worked with the local non-profit Coastal Watershed Council (CWC) and consulting firm Balance Hydrologics, Inc. to develop a monitoring protocol to estimate total sediment load reductions for each project and the program as a whole. This monitoring protocol is now being field tested and refined using the erosion control projects implemented in 2006.